Khalil Muhammad

Case #: 19PB2956
Police badge #: 960
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- 19PB2956_Charges.pdf
- 19PB2956_Settlement.pdf

Recommendation Suspension
Decision Suspension
Length of process 4 months June 04, 2019 to October 16, 2019 Closed

Investigative Agency Not Specified

Charged with violating 4 rules on 6 counts


Rule 38	1 count	Unlawful or unnecessary use or display of a weapon. Count 1 Guilty On or about August 13, 2017, at approximately 5:06 a.m., in the vicinity of 10947 S. Hermosa Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Sergeant Khalil Muhammad, while off-duty, without lawful justification, used force likely to cause death or bodily harm without a reasonable belief that such force was necessary when he fired one or more shots at R.H., a member of the public.
Rule 6	1 count	Disobedience of an order or directive, whether written or oral. Count 1 Guilty On or about August 13, 2017, at approximately 5:06 a.m., in the vicinity of 10947 S. Hermosa Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Sergeant Khalil Muhammad, while off-duty, without lawful justification, used force likely to cause death or bodily harm without a reasonable belief that such force was necessary when he fired one or more shots at R.H., a member of the public.
Rule 3	2 counts	Any failure to promote the Department's efforts to implement its policy or accomplish its goals. Count 1 Guilty On or about August 13, 2017, at approximately 5:06 a.m., in the vicinity of 10947 S. Hermosa Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Sergeant Khalil Muhammad, while off-duty, fired one or more shots at or near R.H., a member of the public, striking and/or injuring him. Count 2 Guilty On or about August 13, 2017, at approximately 5:06 a.m., in the vicinity of 10947 S. Hermosa Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Sergeant Khalil Muhammad, while off-duty, without lawful justification, used force likely to cause death or bodily harm without a reasonable belief that such force was necessary when he fired one or more shots at R.H., a member of the public.
Rule 2	2 counts	Any action or conduct which impedes the Department's efforts to achieve its policy and goals or brings discredit upon the Department. Count 1 Guilty On or about August 13, 2017, at approximately 5:06 a.m., in the vicinity of 10947 S. Hermosa Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Sergeant Khalil Muhammad, while off-duty, without lawful justification, used force likely to cause death or bodily harm without a reasonable belief that such force was necessary when he fired one or more shots at R.H., a member of the public. Count 2 Guilty On or about August 13, 2017, at approximately 5:06 a.m., in the vicinity of 10947 S. Hermosa Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Sergeant Khalil Muhammad, while off-duty, fired one or more shots at or near R.H., a member of the public, striking and/or injuring him.

Board Member Votes & Decisions

Majority Decision

7 agreed

Agreed with the final decision of the board

0 disagreed

Disagreed with the final decision of the board

0 did not vote

Did not vote or were not present for voting

The members of the Police Board of the City of Chicago hereby certify that they have read and reviewed the record of proceedings, received the oral report of the Hearing Officer, and conferred with the Hearing Officer. The Police Board hereby adopts the findings set forth herein by the following votes.
By votes of 7 in favor (Ghian Foreman, Paula Wolff, Matthew C. Crowl, Eva-Dina Delgado, Steve Flores, John P. O’Malley Jr., and Andrea L. Zopp) to 0 opposed, the Board finds the Respondent guilty of violating Rule 2, Rule 3, Rule 6, and Rule 38, as set forth in paragraph nos. 5 and 6 above.
As a result of the foregoing, the Board, by a vote of 7 in favor (Foreman, Wolff, Crowl, Delgado, Flores, O’Malley, and Zopp) to 0 opposed, hereby determines that cause exists for suspending the Respondent from his position as a sergeant with the Department of Police and from the services of the City of Chicago for a period of one-hundred-eighty (180) days.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Respondent, Sergeant Khalil Muhammad, Star No. 960, as a result of having been found guilty of all charges in Police Board Case No. 19 PB 2956, shall be suspended from his position as a sergeant with the Department of Police and from the services of the City of Chicago for a period of one-hundred-eighty (180) days.
This disciplinary action is adopted and entered by a majority of the members of the Police Board: Ghian Foreman, Paula Wolff, Matthew C. Crowl, Eva-Dina Delgado, Steve Flores, John P. O’Malley Jr., and Andrea L. Zopp.